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<a href="start.html">Introduction</a></p>
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<a href="writingsys.html">The Writing System</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="hiragana.html">Hiragana</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="katakana.html">Katakana</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="kanji.html">Kanji</a>
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<a href="basicgram.html">Basic Grammar</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="copula.html">State of Being</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="particles.html">Particles</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="adjectives.html">Adjectives</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="verbs.html">Verb Basics</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="negverb.html">Negative Verbs</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="pastverb.html">Past Tense</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="particles2.html">Particles 2</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="transtype.html">Verb Types</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="subclause.html">Subordinate Clauses</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="particles3.html">Particles 3</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="adgobi.html">Adverbs + Gobi</a>
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<a href="essential.html">Essential Grammar</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="polite.html">Polite Form</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="address.html">Adressing People</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="question.html">Question Marker</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="compound.html">Complex Sentence</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="enduring.html">Enduring States</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="potential.html">Potential Form</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="surunaru.html">Using にする/になる</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="conditional.html">Conditionals</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="haveto.html">Have to do...</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="desire.html">Desire</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="quotation.html">Quotation</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="define.html">Defining Things</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="try.html">Trying Things</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="favor.html">Giving/Receiving</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="requests.html">Making requests</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="numbers.html">Numbers</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="wrapup4.html">Wrapping up</a>
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<a href="specialexp.html">Special Expressions</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="causepass.html">Causative/Passive</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="honorhum.html">Honorific/Humble</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="unintended.html">Unintended</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="genericnoun.html">Generic Nouns</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="certainty.html">Certainty</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="similar.html">Expressing Similarity</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="compare.html">Comparisons</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="easyhard.html">Easy or Hard</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="negverb2.html">Negative Verbs 2</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="reasoning.html">Reasoning</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="timeaction2.html">Timed Verbs</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="nochange.html">Lack of Change</a>
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<a href="advanced.html">Advanced Topics</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="formal.html">Formal Expressions</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="signs.html">Showing Signs</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="tendency.html">Tendencies</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="adv_volitional.html">Advanced Volitional</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="covered.html">Covering</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="close_actions.html">Close Actions</a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="othergrammar.html">Other Grammar</a>
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